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NCT04141605Enrolling by invitation

Global Utilization And Registry Database for Improved heArt preservatioN

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The primary objective of this study is to collect real-world clinical performance data to assess the clinical outcomes of patients receiving heart transplants using donor hearts transported via the SherpaPak CTS System. These results will be compared to outcomes of retrospective patients whose hearts were transported with the previous standard method. CONCERT DCD is a substudy designed to assess the safety and feasibility of a direct procurement method for donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart procurement (CONCERT DCD) that utilizes preservation in a SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System. This DCD Substudy will be limited to approved GUARDIAN-Heart Registry sites who have been qualified to participate. The DCD Substudy will include prospective recipient identification and documentation of informed consent.

Status (registry)
Enrolling by invitation
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
4000 (estimated)
First submitted
16 Oct 2019
Start date
14 Feb 2020
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2028
Lead sponsor
Paragonix Technologies
NCT number
NCT04141605

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 4000
  • From 14 Feb 2020 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2028
  • 22 sites in 4 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Donor and donor hearts that do not meet institutional clinical requirements for transplantation
  • Patients who have had a previous organ transplant

Other

  • When safe connection with the aorta cannot be made, e.g., due to lack of enough length of the aortic root
  • Patients who are incarcerated persons (prisoners)

Who the study is looking for

  • Donor and donor hearts matched to the prospective recipient based upon institutional medical practice
  • Registered male or female primary heart transplant candidates including pediatric candidates

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (22)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Graz
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GrazAustriaUnknown status
Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien
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ViennaAustriaUnknown status
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
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ValladolidSpainUnknown status
Manchester University
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ManchesterUnited KingdomUnknown status
Tufts University Medical Center
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
Baylor University Medical Center
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Duke University
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DurhamUnited StatesUnknown status
Lutheran Hospital
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Fort WayneUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Florida Health Shands Hospital
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GainesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Spectrum Health
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Grand RapidsUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Kansas University Medical Center
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LawrenceUnited StatesUnknown status
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
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MemphisUnited StatesUnknown status
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Sentara Healthcare
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NorfolkUnited StatesUnknown status
AdventHealth Orlando
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OrlandoUnited StatesUnknown status
Stanford University
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StanfordUnited StatesUnknown status
Pennslyvania State University
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State CollegeUnited StatesUnknown status
MedStar Washington Hospital
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.